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Public media puts millions into investigative work

NPR, PBS and local public broadcast stations around the country are hiring more journalists and pumping millions of dollars into investigative news to make up for what they see as a lack of deep-digging coverage by their for-profit counterparts.

Msnbc.com wins a top online journalism award

- Msnbc.com was one of the top winners announced Saturday at the 2010 Online Journalism Awards.

Federal funds to expand PBS investigative series

Federal funding will expand the PBS investigative series "Frontline" to a year-round broadcast schedule over the next two years.

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Julian Assange Interview on Spy Files + Video

Julian Assange is a journalist and activist best known as the founder and public face of WikiLeaks, the Internet based publisher making headlines around the world by releasing secret or suppressed information revealing government and corporate misconduct.Assange and WikiLeaks …

Prosecuting Wall Street
Source: CBS News

CBS News) Two whistleblowers offer a rare window into the root causes of the subprime mortgage meltdown.

Inmates Scamming Millions Of Dollars In Tax Returns
Source: myfoxtampabay.com

A FOX 13 investigation that began in 2005 exposed Florida prisoners filing bogus tax returns from behind bars and getting refund checks in the thousands of dollars.

The war on WikiLeaks and why it matters - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Source: Salon.com

A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month (.pdf) analyzes how the U.S. Government can best manipulate public opinion in Germany and France -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in Afghanistan.

An Alleged Kentucky burglar 'rewarded' with arrest???
Source: Yahoo! News

Two central Kentucky men were rewarded with an arrest after police said one of them implicated himself while trying to collect money offered for information about the case.

New U.S. weapon: Hand-held lie detector
Source: msnbc.com

The new handheld lie detector being issued to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will put American military men and women at risk, according to a national expert on polygraphs.

Late bridge inspections put public at risk
Source: msnbc.com

At least 17,000 bridges in the U.S. went more than two years between safety inspections, according to federal records analyzed by msnbc.com.

New Center for Investigative Journalism launched
Source: Chicago Tribune

A new Center for Investigative Journalism is launched in Wisconsin to examine government integrity.

BU launches investigative journalism collaborative
Source: The Boston Globe

Boston University launched the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, a collaborative focused on local and regional issues involving multimedia investigative reporting.

Michael Jackson 'close to death'
Source: express.co.uk

Excerpt: Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation, according to a writer who is penning a new biography on the singer.

Will free media kill journalism?
Source: www.thebusinessofvideo.com

Why the obsession with free media? Broadcast TV, radio, commuter and community newspapers and many magazines are all free and have flourished. And just as Google re-invented the classified, new video ad models are emerging to underwrite video journalism.

Travel tip: Avoid UK until further notice

New developments on the Sweeney front: VIP Scientologists can be screamed at and insulted as part of an investigative program. At least in the BBC. So if you have a little bit of popularity, don't go to the UK for now.

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